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Thunderstorm Wind — Ballard, Kentucky

2024-08-15 · near Ogden, Ballard, Kentucky

$5K
Property damage
61 EG
Magnitude

Event narrative

Several trees were downed in far NE Ballard County as a thunderstorm moved southeastward.

Wider weather episode

A fairly small and weakening mesoscale convective system surged southeastward into far Western Kentucky during the evening hours of the 15th. MLCAPE was 2000 J/kg for the evening while effective bulk shear was 30 kts. Wind damage was observed in far northeastern Ballard County and western McCracken County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1209071. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.